CAIRO: A vast necropolis with some 50 mummies, including pharaonic royalty, has been discovered in Egypt’s famed Valley of the Kings near the temple city of Luxor, officials said yesterday.
“The immense necropolis contains the remains of mummies that could have been members of the royal family, in particular the sons of the kings Tutmoses III and Tutmoses IV of the 18th dynasty,” which ruled from 1550-1292 BC, the antiquities ministry said.
Archaeologists found wooden sarcophagi, death masks and canopic jars used to store organs removed during the embalming process. The mummies included newborn babies. AFP
